Conference : Les affichistes et la vie parisienne à la fin du XIXe siècle.

This conference in Art History will provide an opportunity to engage in a vibrant discussion on ‘’Jules Chéret, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Alphonse Mucha: The Poster Artists and Parisian Life at the End of the 19th Century’’. The conference will be followed by a Q&A session.

About Margot Renard : Margot Renard is a French art historian and a postdoctoral researcher. Her research project focuses on the contemporary relationship between comics and history in France. She seeks to analyze how comics recently became a laboratory for reflection on the practices and meanings of history. Her thesis, defended in 2018, studied the formation of the French national narrative in the first half of the 19th century, especially in illustrated history books. She is a member of the editorial board of the online journal Entre-Temps (Collège de France), addressing the various ways in which (public) history is written today, from fictional to non-fictional forms. As a comics researcher, she is a member of the ACME group and of the network La Brèche.

It is a free event, but registration is compulsory.

The conference will be held in French. A minimum B1 level is advised.

Host or Publisher Alliance Française Glasgow